Beyond the Hills

Here's a film that understands the assignment. A young woman returns to her native Romania to retrieve her childhood friend from a remote Orthodox convent. Her friend, now a nun, resists the pull of secular life. It's bleak, patient, and possibly the best Romanian film about exorcism you'll see this week.

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Cristian Mungiu directed Beyond the Hills in 2012. See Cristian Mungiu's full filmography, where to start with Cristian Mungiu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Cristian Mungiu.

Beyond the Hills was released in 2012 (RO original-language production), with a runtime of 150 minutes.